The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City